BNSSG SPONSORSHIP RECRUITMENT SCHEME

New Scheme - BNSSG Sponsorship Recruitment Scheme - FREE Support and advice for social care providers

Care and Support West are working with Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire councils to offer support and advice to local care providers who have sponsor licences, or are in the process of applying.

What is the aim of this scheme?

Over recent months, Care and Support West has spoken to a number of providers who have sponsor licenses. From their feedback, many benefits were apparent. However, they also identified some challenges which highlighted that support is needed for both care providers and international workers.

In view of this, we have worked with our local BNSSG councils to put together a scheme which will give care providers who have a sponsor licence, or who have applied for one, access a range of offers to support for themselves and their international workers.

It will also provide ongoing feedback from care providers to Care and Support West and the three councils to help ensure that the support being offered is the most relevant and useful it could be.

The funding for this scheme has been made available from the government's International recruitment fund for the Adult Social Care 2024 to 2025 allocation to the BNSSG.

What support does the scheme offer?

The support includes:

FREE webinars - both for those who are new to sponsoring overseas workers, and those who are well established
FREE cultural awareness training
FREE monthly legal updates
FREE access to 30 minutes individual advice from a specialist solicitor (subject to availability)
FREE guidance from C&SW project staff about the support options available that could be best for your organisation
FREE monthly newsletters

Register free here

What is the BNSSG Sponsored Care Workers app?

We are pleased to announce that we have launched our new Sponsored Care Worker App. This app is aimed at your sponsored care workers to help them settle into living and working in care in our region. It has lots of information about how to do things and services and support that is available to them. If you have sponsored care workers in your business please share this app this them.

The app also has an area dedicated to local care providers, with lots of useful information and signposting to help with the complexities of the sponsorship journey.